How To Play Green Onions On Drums
Learn this classic Al Jackson Jr Drum Beat
Green Onions On Drums
Welcome to a quick drum lesson where we will learn how to play Green Onions on the drums. This was a hit song by Booker T and the MGs in 1962.
It’s an instrumental with a triplet based swing feel. The drum part doesn’t really vary so this is classic Al Jackson because it takes serious discipline to keep it grooving and feeling great for the whole song without playing unnecessary fills and groove variations.
This is an essential tune for a drummer because so many people cover it making it a likely one for you to have to play at some point in your drumming life. And many people play it wrong because they add too many notes.
So let’s learn how to play Green Onions on drums the right way with just a few minutes practice.
Watch the video below and then scroll down to grab the free sheet music.
p.s. this lesson is taken from the much larger Stax drumming course which delves deep into the hit songs from the Stax record label. It also provides full song notation and play along drumless tracks to really nail the style. Click here to check it out.
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